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Milwaukee Schools Use Assets Well

Milwaukee Public Schools are using facilities strategically to grow successful neighborhood, specialty and charter schools.

Feb. 17, 2014 2:24 p.m. ET

Regarding C.J. Szafir's "The Vacant School Buildings That Made Milwaukee Infamous" (Cross Country, Jan. 25): Milwaukee Public Schools are using facilities strategically to grow successful neighborhood, specialty and charter schools as we work to accelerate achievement.

Mr. Szafir claims that MPS spends $1.4 million annually on 15 currently unused facilities. The cost is about half that. He cites MPS proficiency rates to tout vouchers but fails to note that, while neither set of figures is acceptable, MPS...